Administration, Department of

Alaska Oil and Gas Commission Public Databases - Searchable database of publicly available oil, gas and well data. Keyword and map based searching is available. Database requires IE 5.5 or higher. Be sure to watch the "how-to" screencasts before searching the databases.

Office of Administrative Hearings database - Under AS 44.64.090(a), the Office of Administrative Hearings must make ""final agency decisions reached after administrative hearings available online through an electronic data base." This is a database of decisions made on how government agencies interact with the public. Database can be searched by key word or browsed by category, which appear to be based on agency. Decisions are in PDF format.

State Employee Directory - Searchable by employee name, phone number, email address, department, job title, and city. Database carries this warning "This employee directory is provided as a resource to aid in conducting business with the State of Alaska. Public users are responsible for using this directory and the communications systems in an efficient, effective, ethical and lawful manner. All email messages sent to the State of Alaska and its employees should follow the same code of conduct expected in any other form of written communication or face-to-face business communication. Specifically prohibited is the use of these publicly owned computing resources to distribute bulk email for profit or political purposes."

Alaska Court System

Alaska Case Law Service - This database provides opinions and some supporting documentation for cases decided by Alaska's appellate courts since 1960. It is searchable by keyword, citation, decision date, party name, judge and opinion type and by docket number or counsel. This service is operated by Westlaw on behalf of the Alaska Court System.

Alaska Appellate Courts Case Management System - Database of appeals court materials searchable by the Appellate Case Number, the Last Name of a Party, or the Trial Court Number. The user may also browse a list of appellate cases. Database aids in the location of transcripts, oral arguments, briefs, etc.

Alaska Trial Court Cases - Provides access to non confidential civil and criminal trial records back to about 1990. Database is searchable by personal name, business name or case number. Records include list of action dates and final disposition if case closed. May need to click on "docket" tab to identify court.

Alaska State Legislature

Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Department of

Alaska Economic Development Resource Guide - This database allows you to search for economic development assistance based on type of organization, type of aid being sought (grants, technical assistance, etc) and area of interest (credit unions, native crafts, historic preservation, etc). Results include program agency, program goals, resource provided, eligibility guidelines, funding status, comments and program contact information.

Alaska Film Locations Database - Operated by Reel Scout on behalf the Alaska Film Office. Searchable by keyword or by category/subcategory, location name, region, town or distance with zip code. Records have name of location, nearest community, id code, photos, description and general notes.

Alaska Photo Library - Locate Alaska-themed photographs by topic and geographic location. From the website, "The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development has made available a selection of images from the former Division of Tourism's slide library for your use in illustrating and promoting Alaska."

Alaska Production Resource Directory - Operated by Reel Scout on behalf of the Alaska Film Office. From the website, "Based on standard industry categories, the Alaska Resource Directory enables producers and potential clients to locate qualified Alaskans. Online listings for film, television, and digital media industry professionals as well as support services and talent professionals." Searchable by keyword, region and category. Records contain contact information, description, special skills & experience and categories.

Business License Search - Over 100,000 business licenses that can be searched by line of business, business or owner name, license number, city and whether license is current. Database is also available for download.

Capital Projects Database - The Capital Projects Database contains descriptions, funding levels and status for over 16,000 capital projects in Alaska communities. Information is searchable by community only. Multiple communities can be selected and exported to Excel.

Community Funding Database - All grants and revenue sharing funds to communities administered by this division are included in this database. Programs include Fisheries Business Tax and National Forest Receipts.

Community Infrastructure Library (CIL) - From the website, "Contains a variety of community infrastructure and project development documents for bulk fuel, energy, marine, multi-use, sanitation, washeteria, and other public services.Database is searchable by community, year, or plan type. Search results are available via PDF document download or email notification.

Community Plans Library (CPL) - From the website, "Contains standard community planning documents including comprehensive, capital improvement, land use, strategic, transportation, vision, and other community planning documents." Database is searchable by community, year, or plan type. Search results are available via PDF document download or email notification.

Community Profiles - THE place to go for information about Alaska's communities. Find population, history, municipal contact information and much more. Multiple communities can be selected and the information exported to Excel or other spreadsheet applications.

Corporations Search - Search for corporations by corporation name or entity number. Records list contact information, registered agents and links to filed documents. Good way to get contact information for a business. The new version (September 2011) does not allow for searching by officer name, which makes it harder to locate connections among corporations. There is a downloadable version of this database, but it doesn't contain listings of registered agents or principal officers.

Insurance Producer Licensing/Viatical/TPA database - From the website, "There are more than 38,000 entries in the Alaska Division of Insurance Producer Licensing/Viatical/TPA database. You can search for a licensee/registrant by name, firm name, license number, FEIN, National Producer Number (NPN), and sort by license class (producer, managing general agent surplus lines broker, TPA, etc.) or by city and state."

Professional Licensing - Searchable by last name, licensing board, license type, license number, DBA name, City. You can limit to current licenses only and order results by business name, last name or license. Results can be exported to Excel. Viewing the board and license code list is strongly recommended before searching. Or take the advice of the site to start with only a last name and narrow if needed.

Tobacco Endorsements - Search for licenses to sell tobacco by business license number, business name, street name or number or city.

Education and Early Development, Department of

Alaska's Digital Sandbox (Public View) - Educator resource list of files, plans, websites and other items likely to be of value in an Alaskan K-12 classroom. Materials compiled by multiple school districts. Searchable by subject, grade level, type of resource and by keyword.

Alaska Newspapers Index - Indexing for a number of Fairbanks Newspapers from 1900-1975 and for the Juneau Empire for 1992-1999. Searchable by headline and year for all newspapers. Juneau Empire may also be searched by reporter or abstract.

Alaska Public Schools Database - Searchable by school name, district name or Alaskan community name, this database provides contact and enrollment information for Alaska's public schools.

Alaska State Museum Collections Search - Searchable catalog of the Museum's 32,000 cataloged objects including Alaska Native material, historic artifacts, works of art, and natural history specimens. Alaska Native material, amounting to more than 15,000 objects, is the most outstanding part of the collection. Database may be searched by object name or id. Collection may also be browsed.

Alternative Testing Center locator - Usually assessment tests take place in schools, but under certain circumstances they can be taken elsewhere. Search this database by school district or community to find an approved alternative testing center.

Daily K-9 Lessons - From the website, "The goal of the mastery lessons is to focus teacher instruction on the skills needed for students to master the concepts of math and reading. The skills and lessons are based on the expectations of the State of Alaska Benchmarks and the Terra Nova test. The lessons can be used independently or in conjunction with activities already being implemented by the instructor." Searchable by subject and grade.

Teacher Certification Database - Searchable by teacher first or last name, this database will provide a list of that teacher's current certifications along with expiration dates. This database does not list expired certifications or any personal data.

Environmental Conservation, Department of

Alaska Pesticide Registration Database - All pesticides must be registered with Alaska's Dept of Environmental Conservation before being sold in the state. This database can be searched by brand, ingredient, company,type of pest and more. As of 2008, DEC is working with Kelly Registration Systems for this registry. From the website, "This website (http://www.kellysolutions.com) is owned, maintained, and provided by Kelly Registration Systems, Inc. (KRS), Covington, GA, as a free service to the public through the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (Division of Environmental Health). KRS is a private company that maintains this search program not controlled or managed by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (Division of Environmental Health)"

Food Safety Database - Inspection database of restaurants and other food permitted establishments in Alaska. Searchable by name or community and can be filtered by date. Search results include location, establishment name, date of last inspection and type of inspection. Full text of inspection reports are viewable.

Online Permit Search (For wastewater - Search by permit number, status, type of permit, or facility names. Search results link to PDFs of issued permits which explains how much can be dumped and how.

Wastewater Operator Certification Search - Searchable listing of all certified wastewater system operators. Search by name, city or employer. Records list current certifications and expiration date along with current employer.

Operator Training and Certification Section Library Catalog - From the website, "The Operator Training and Certification Section of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation maintains an operator lending library. Materials from the lending library are available for checkout. Materials may be checked out for a maximum of 45 days. Return postage is the responsibility of the requestor. Requestors who fail to return materials by the deadline will not be allowed to check out resources from the lending library and may be invoiced for the resources." Searchable by title or subject.

Wastewater System Classification Search - Searchable by name of the community, the name of the facility or the owner. Records include what level of wastewater operator certificate is required for the facility.

Fish and Game, Department of

Alaska Conservation Education Curriculum Search Correlated to Alaska State Content Standards - From the website, "This website allows educators to easily search Project WILD Curricula, Project Learning Tree and the five volumes of the Alaska Wildlife Curriculum for educational activities by name, state content standard, topic and grade level for fast integration into lesson plans." Results cite lesson name and book name. Records include an activity description, book name and page number, age groups, educational standards and educational topics. No obvious way to access the books.

AYK Salmon Database Management System- from the website, " The ADF&G, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) Region has created a salmon database management system (DBMS) for public use. The goal of this system is to provide managers, researchers, and the public involved in salmon fisheries in the AYK Region with a system to enter and process new data, as well as to retrieve historical data. The AYK salmon DBMS provides access to AYK project descriptions, biological measurements of age, sex, and length, escapement data, and Norton Sound test fisheries data through this internet site. The website also includes a demonstration of extraction and reporting of subsistence and commercial harvest data for Norton Sound only."

Community Subsistence Information System - From the website: "The CSIS is the repository of Alaska community harvest information gathered by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence.

Fishing and Subsistence Publications Searchable Database - From the web site, "This page allows you to search all of the reports and publications published in the scientific and technical reporting series by ADF&G's Commercial Fisheries, Sport Fish, and Subsistence divisions. There are three approaches you can use for searching these publications - The first two search through data fields in our publications database and the third will search through the text of the PDF documents themselves. Each method offers distinct advantages - roll the cursor over each search type to find out more!"

Fish Stocking Update Database - From the website, "This page is provided so you can search our stocking database to find which locations have been stocked, with what species of fish, and when specific locations were stocked." Searchable by area, species and date.

Fish Count Database - The department counts the numbers of migrating fish, primarily salmon, using weirs, sonars and counting towers in a number of streams throughout Alaska. Searchable by location, species and year using drop-down menus. Information is presented in tables and graphs.

Harvest Lookup / Data Download - Lookup harvest records and download harvest data sets. Before using this tool it would be helpful to browse the Harvest Data Key, which provides descriptions of the species and location codes used in the Harvest Lookup database.

Permit/Vessel Database - This Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission database allows you to get information on fishing vessels working in Alaska as well as fishing permit holders. The database can be searched in many ways including by company/fisher name, home port zip code, vessel name, type of fishery and more. Data is also available as CSV downloads.

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The Department of Fish and Game also maintains its own list of searchable databases. If you find something there that you do not find here, please let us know.

Health and Social Services, Department of

Child Care Facilities Database - Database of licensed child care facilities in the State of Alaska. Database may be searched by facility name, provider name, city and zip code. Entries include information on facility's current legal status.

Where to Turn - From the website, "Alaska's Resource for For Children and Adults with Disabilities. Prepared to help you find the resources that may be needed for a child or adult who experiences a physical, mental, or emotional disability." Database may be browsed by topic or searched by keyword, exact phrase or by zip code. Records contain organization contact information, website, description and categories of service provided.

Labor and Workforce Development, Department of

2000 Census Summary Files - When you are interested in a single state, it can be daunting to get information from the 2000 Census' data files. The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development took this data and placed it into a radio-button driven database of demographic data. Look here for Alaska 2000 Census information on race, place of birth, housing and more. Resulting tables may be saved as Excel spreadsheets.

Occupational Database - From the website, "ODB contains occupation and place of work information on each wage and salary worker covered by unemployment insurance employed in Alaska. About 18,000 Alaskan employers report wages for employees during any given quarter. Alaska has approximately 350,000 employer/worker combinations per quarter." Data is available in Excel spreadsheets by borough (county equivalent) and covers 2000 to latest available.

Lieutenant Governor, Office of

Alaska Public Notices - List of all official public notices in Alaska State Government. Allows for notification updates by RSS and email. Dropdown search by category, department or publish date. A keyword search is also available. Categories of notices include: Agency Meetings, Attorney General Opinions, Boards & Commissions, Grants, Procurement, Public Notices, Licensing Examinations, and Regulations.

Natural Resources, Department of

Alaska Hydrologic Survey Streams Database - "This is an electronic record of all streamflow measurements with supporting data made by the Alaska Hydrologic Survey staff over the years." - Searchable by stream name or proximity to community. Database entries include stream location, flow data when available and links to text stream reports.

Alaska Land Records - From the website, "Locate, research and verify land ownership and land use on state and federal lands within the State of Alaska. Access state and federal plats and survey documents. Use Recorder's Office to research private lands." Search by MTR, Lat/Long, Survey Number or Keyword. Search results are Plat maps.

Spills Database Online Query - From web site: "This online query application searches the Statewide Oil and Hazardous Substance Spills Database. The period of record for this database is July 1, 1995 to present." Searchable by facility, location or substance. Database entries includes notes of site visits, remediation methods and final disposition.

Water Quality Reports - Databases uses drop down menus to search by waterbody name, town, area name, hydrologic unit name or hydrologic code. From the website, "Water quality data has been collected from a variety of both surface water and ground water sources by the Alaska Hydrologic Survey. This site is an index to the data that has been compiled in reports or manually collected by the Alaska Hydrologic Survey."

Web Geochem - From the website, "WebGeochem is a simplified search engine that uses predefined queries to select and display geochemical data from multiple published DGGS sources. The search engine has three main components:

A search component allowing you to select specific sample types and analysis types of geochemical analyses.

A secondary search component based on either geographic parameters or on preexisting compiled datasets.

A resulting table of sample analyses."

A user's guide is available. It is highly recommended that you review this guide before searching the database.

Well Log Tracking System - Search for water wells by driller name, property owner name, property description or well key. From the website, "The Division makes NO representation regarding well location, completeness or accuracy of the data in the database or data extraction procedures provided."

Public Safety, Department of

Sex Offender/Child Kidnapper Registration Central Registry - This registry includes offenders who have been convicted of sex offenses specified under AS 12.63.100 who have registered and those who are required to register but may not be in compliance. Searchable by name and location. Databases include current address and often photos of registrant.

Revenue, Department of

Unclaimed Property Searchable Database - Does Alaska owe you or your business money? Search this database by name to find out. Alaska has partnered with missingmoney.com as part of a national unclaimed property database.

Transportation and Public Facilities, Department of

Technology Transfer Library Search - From the website: "This library contains over 1100 resources which can be downloaded from the web or requested through us. Use this library to search for Alaska DOT&PF reports & manuals, audio/video tapes, interactive resources, and software."

Alaska & Polar Periodical Index - Index to journals, magazines and newsletters relating to Alaska and the Earth's polar regions. Coverage goes back decades. Results show availability in University of Alaska Fairbanks Rassmuson Library, but many articles are available elsewhere or through interlibrary loan.

Hubert Wenger Eskimo Database Database of approximately 200 books and journal articles relating to first or early European contact with Alaska's Native peoples. Basic search allows one to search by keyword, Alaska Native group, author and publication date.